Greg Freeman Email & Phone Number

Expert in Demand Planning, Sales & Operations Planning, Sales Analysis, Supply-Chain and Logistics.• Leader of Sales Forecast v Sales Budget meetings and sign-off with Senior Management and Directors.• Directly impact S&OP business strategic planning with insightful sales analysis.• Leader of the implementation of new forecasting software into L'Oréal NZ. • Leader of all stock management meetings with all key S&OP players to create accurate sales forecasts and big-picture analysis. • Highly influenced S&OPs team, including Senior Management and Directors, with accurate and insightful commercial analysis and stock management strategy during the restrains of the pandemic, ensuring high service levels, and an 11% sales increase over 2019. • Collaborate and communicate effectively with all S&OP's key players. • A trusted and highly respected team player all all levels of S&OP.• Liaised with international factories, freight-forwarders, custom brokers to provide S&OP with bi-weekly updates regarding container and airfreight status and priorities.• Closely worked with distribution to prioritise in-coming containers and product receipt, product swap-overs at pick-face, switch-codes and promotional/launch priorities.• Initiated and transformed sales forecasting function from Marketing & Sales team to Demand Planner.• Maintained high forecast accuracy over past three tumultuous years of worldwide disruption. • Focused on key products and managed excellent stock service levels despite world-wide supply issues. • Liaised with key stakeholders to reduce excess inventory. Developed insights and strategies with reduced over-heads.• Liaised with Supply over freight delays by rescheduling launches and promotions, communicated with key players, mitigated loss of revenue, managing customer expectations.